A Gloucestershire care home is reaching out to the community in the hope of making a resident’s wish to recreate a famous photo come true, after discovering she starred in well-known bloodhound portraits.

Scarlet House, in Westward Road, Stroud, is asking local people if they have a friendly bloodhound they could surprise Barbara Lloyd with, after the home discovered she would like to recreate the picture she starred in as a child.

When she was younger, 86-year-old Mrs Lloyd was asked to pose for portraits with a friend’s bloodhound. Little did she know the photos would go on to be used on greeting cards and postcards across the world.

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She added a wish to recreate the photo to the home’s Wishing Tree – an initiative run by its team to help make residents’ wishes come true. Staff are now on the hunt to find a friendly bloodhound dog to meet Mrs Lloyd and star in the replica portraits.

Barbara Lloyd as she is now, with the original photograph (Image: Scarlet House)

Kate Stevens, home manager at Scarlet House, said: “We were thrilled to find out Barbara is the star of the original bloodhound portrait, and enjoyed listening to her recall how this came about.

“Fulfilling residents’ lives is at the heart of everything we do here at Scarlet House, and when we saw Barbara’s wish, we were eager to make this come true.